Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
2/3/2023 - 7:00 PM  
Category:
Teaching, Learning and Leadership  
Type:
Info  
Subject:
ACPS Division-Wide Professional Learning Day--March 13, 2023  
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 1: Systemic Alignment
ACPS will build a culture of continuous improvement and design equitable systems for school and instructional improvement.
Goal 2: Instructional Excellence
ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction.
Goal 3: Student Accessibility and Support
ACPS will ensure students have equitable access to and engagement with programs and supports that reduce barriers to learning.
  
Policy:
IA - Instructional Goals and Objectives  
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable):
 
File Attachment:
230203_Board_Brief_Professional_Learning_Day_March_v1.pdf
 
Agenda Item Summary:
In ACPS, professional learning: ● Aligns employees’ intentional actions to division, school, team, and personal goals ● Aims to enhance staff’s knowledge, skills, mindsets, and behaviors to improve student outcomes ● Happens collaboratively in learning communities and requires engagement with feedback and continuous follow-up ● Uses identified data to evaluate learning and focus on students’ results Since the professional learning sessions will focus on MTSS, school-based teams will be planning professional learning community (PLC) meetings in tandem with division-wide training. ACPS staff should attend required division-wide training that fit school learning needs and improvement goals in addition to school level targeted professional development sessions. ACPS will offer the professional learning sessions in three formats: morning, afternoon, or full day sessions. The morning sessions will occur from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the afternoon sessions will occur from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This timing allows for lunch, collaboration, and possible travel to different locations. All-day sessions will occur from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with breaks built into the day by the instructor of the individual sections. Instructors will offer professional learning virtually and in person. The instructor will add the link to join in the ACPS Professional Learning Management System (PLMS). All courses will be entered into the PLMS and teachers and staff will need to register for their professional learning sessions through PLMS to allow for instructors to plan accordingly.  
Background:
The upcoming Professional Learning Day is on March 13, 2023. The focus of this day will be on a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), which may include social-emotional learning, differentiation for diverse learners, equity, technology integration, data collection and analysis, or fidelity to instructional programs.  
Recommendation
The Interim Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the information regarding the March 13, 2023 ACPS Professional Learning Day.  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Wendy Gonzalez - Chief
Signed By:  
Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt - Interim Superintendent